Technical Program

October 18th, 2021

8:55 AM

9:00 AM

Opening Remarks
Juan Melero-Martin, Boston Children's Hospital
Minglin Ma, Cornell University

SESSION 1- Immunengineering

9:00 AM

9:05 AM

Session Chairs :
Minglin Ma, Cornell University
Alice Tomei, University of Miami

9:05 AM

9:45 AM

Cytokine Engineering to Turn Immunity On and Off
Jeffrey Hubbell, University of Chicago

9:45 AM

10:10 AM

Harnessing biomaterials to study and control immune function
Chris Jewell, University of Maryland

10:10 AM

10:35 AM

Glycopolymer-based Strategies for Engineering Immunity and Tolerance
Scott Wilson, Johns Hopkins University

10:35 AM

11:00 AM

Biosynthetic Hydrogels for Islet Engraftment and Immune Acceptance
Andres Garcia, Georgia Tech University

11:00 AM

11:25 AM

Of Plagues and Prosthetics
Kaitlyn Sadtler, National Institutes of Health

11:25 AM

12:30 PM

Lunch Break

SESSION 2 - Gene Editing and Delivery Technologies

12:30 PM

12:35 PM

Session Chairs:
Andrew Putnam, University of Michigan
Juan Melero-Martin, Boston Children's Hospital

12:35 PM

1:15 PM

Genome Editing for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Charles Gersbach, Duke University

1:15 PM

1:40 PM

Lipid nanoparticles for RNA delivery: SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, chemistry, and beyond
Katie Whitehead, Carnegie Mellon University

1:40 PM

2:05 PM

Nucleic Acids Go POSTAL - Developing Genetically Encoded Materials to Redirect Cellular Chatter
Juliane Nguyen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2:05 PM

2:30 PM

Forward Programming of Pluripotent Stem Cells
Alex Ng, GC Therapeutics

2:30 PM

2:55 PM

Virus-like particles for complex cell engineering
Jennifer Hamilton, University of California, Berkeley

2:55 PM

3:10 PM

Coffee Break

3:10 PM

4:00 PM

Poster Session

October 19th, 2021

SESSION 3 - Biomaterials and Medical devices

9:00 AM

9:05 AM

Session Chairs:
Minglin Ma, Cornell University
Rong Yang, Cornell University

9:05 AM

9:45 AM

Biomimetic Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Infectious Diseases
Liangfang Zhang, University of California, San Diego

9:45 AM

10:10 AM

Biomodulation With Semiconductor-Based Interfaces
Bozhi Tian, University of Chicago

10:10 AM

10:35 AM

Engineering In Vitro Platforms to Interrogate the Islet-Immune Interface
Cherie Stabler, University of Florida

10:35 AM

11:00 AM

Tumor type and patient's sex affect nanomedicine efficacy 
Avi Schroeder, Technion

11:00 AM

11:25 AM

Bioelectronics in Tissue Engineering and Disease Modeling
Brian Timko, Tufts University

11:25 AM

12:30 PM

Lunch Break

SESSION 4 - Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

12:30 PM

12:35 PM

Session Chairs:
Janet Zoldan, University of Texas - Austin
Juan Melero-Martin, Boston Children's Hospital

12:35 PM

1:15 PM

Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine.
Laura Niklason, Yale University

1:15 PM

1:40 PM

Bio-printing vascularized Tissue constructs
Shulamit Levenberg, Technion

1:40 PM

2:05 PM

Recreating Pulmonary Vasculature from iPSC to Study Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia
Mingxia Gu, Cincinnati Children's Hospital

2:05 PM

2:30 PM

A New Era in Islet Transplants: Xeno, Stem Cells, and Beyond
Jeffrey Millman, Washington University in St. Louis

2:30 PM

2:55 PM

Screening in Human Cardiac Organoids for Drug Discovery
James Hudson, University of Queensland

2:55 PM

3:10 PM

Coffee Break

3:10 PM

4:00 PM

Poster Talks

October 20th, 2021

SESSION 5 - Biomanufacturing and Tissue Engineering

9:00 AM

9:05 AM

Session Chairs:
Sara S. Nunes De Vasconcelos, University of Toronto
Ying Zheng, University of Washington

9:05 AM

9:45 AM

Engineering human tissues for medical impact
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Columbia University

11:00 AM

11:25 AM

Microengineered models of human physiological systems
Dan Huh, University of Pennsylvania

9:45 AM

10:10 AM

Engineered disease models for data acquisition
Alison McGuigan, University of Toronto

10:35 AM

11:00 AM

3D Bioprinting Human Tissues and the Path Towards Translation
Adam Feinberg, Carnegie Mellon University

10:10 AM

10:35 AM

Deconstruction and reconstruction of human tissues
Kelly Stevens, University of Washington

11:25 AM

11:30 PM

Closing Remarks
Juan Melero-Martin, Boston Children's Hospital
Minglin Ma, Cornell University